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New research shows that mountains under the Pacific Ocean are the site of one of Earth's most violent natural processes. Images taken by underwater sonars show that the massive volcanic mountains are being dragged into an abyss. 

The abyss is where the Pacific plate collides with the Indo-Australian plate. And it is up to 10.9km deep at some parts.

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The Quebec Association of Private Daycares wants the Charest government  to overhaul its licensing policies.

The association accuses bureaucrats within Quebec’s Ministry of Family of evaluating similar applications for daycare licenses vastly different from one another.  It wants the province to come up with a fairer standardized grading model.

The gap between the earnings of the rich and the poor in OECD countries is expanding.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in 2008 the top 10 percent of Canadians average annual income was roughly 105 thousand dollars, which was 10 times higher than the earnings of the bottom 10 percent. The annual income of the bottom 10 percent was closer to 10 thousand.

South Shore bikers rejoice! As long as the Longueuil city council approves the program, residents will soon be able to rent Bixi bikes as soon as next spring.

The Bixi program’s proposal would cost $1 million over seven years. Reportedly, it would include six stations and 70 bikes.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party will presumably suffer a major loss in the parliamentary elections.

96 per cent of the votes have been counted so far. Electoral officials said the party had less than 50 per cent. This will most likely result in United Russia loosing its two-thirds majority in the Duma.

A WestJet flight made an emergency landing in Thunder Bay on Sunday after a bomb scare.

This was after a man became agitated and started talking about a bomb. The man is a Portuguese citizen with a history of mental illness. With no charges laid, he will be allowed to go back to Portugal.